April, 2011

Next MeetingsApril 4th, 2011 7:00 pm at The Weathervane in Bedford

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My first British carWritten by Hermann (the German)

Schaller [sic]

Reprinted from the Peachtree MGRegistry

Why would a German gear head buy anEnglish sports car? - Restoring a Fiat 850Sport Spider and investing many monthsof hard labor seemed to pay off with agood looking car. Unfortunately afteronly one year, the rust came back to thesurface and I realized that it was a losingbattle.

Question: “When does a Fiat start torust?”

Answer: “At the time they are printingthe first sales brochure.”

Therefore the Fiat was sold in the fall of1980 and a car with plastic body wassought. The list of potential candidatesincluded the Renault Alpine A110, Matra530, some rare English Kit-cars and theLotus lineup. Since I was a student atthe Cologne University, money was themajor restriction. I looked at old usedexotic car ads, and called the people tosee if their cars were still for sale and ifthey would be willing to reduce the priceto the level I could afford. A Lotus Europaowner showed some flexibility over thephone.

I had seen the Lotus Europa at the Frank-furt Auto Show in 1973, where the infor-mation material included a print from anewspaper test report.

The journalist made fun of the extremelow body of the car, which would needsome gymnastic training to get into with-out looking ridiculous, but raved about theexcitement of driving this plastic bullet.He finished his report with the words:“The only more exciting thing than driv-ing the Lotus Europa is helping a femalepassenger to get out of the car. You openthe door and out comes a leg, and due tothe low seating position there comes a

lot more leg…” While visiting England in 1974during a school trip, we saw several LotusEuropas, Elan Sprints and Elan Plus Twos.The Europa was definitely one of the lowestcars I had known at that time, and I picturedmyself driving on countryside roads only afew inches over the asphalt.

Two of my car crazy friends joined me to drivethe 150 miles to Bielefeld to inspect, and pos-sible buy, a Lotus. It was a rainy FebruarySaturday in 1981. The car was parked out-side and looked a little sad. It was painted inan anthracite color over the original red. Theowner had tried to mimic the JPS-design ofthe later Europa Specials. Still the car did runand looked good enough to be used as a dailydriver. (I should have known better). We ne-gotiated the price down to the equivalent of $2,750.00 and started driving back using the“Autobahn”. The steering was extremely di-rect and missed completely the straighteningforce, which we all know from our every-day cars. The Lotus needed to be steeredstraight by continuous very small corrections.If it went a little left and I tried to correct, thecar went too much to the right. It must havelooked like I was drunk. After getting a littleused to it and keeping the car under control innormal speeds up to 80 mph, I wanted to knowhow fast it could go. The Lotus became verylight in the steering and we used all three laneswhile pushing it to 115 mph. One of my friendsfollowed us in his Mercedes and signaled usto stop at the next parking. Obviously theLotus was leaking so much oil, that it accu-mulated on the windshield of the Mercedes.

We filled in another quarter and drovehome with a slower pace. Once there,the car went into the garage to receivesome technical overhauling beforegetting it back on the street.

In the coming six months I spent mostof my time understanding the weightminimizing engineering of CollinChapman. By using the drive shaft ofthe rear axle as the upper trailing arm,the u-joints had to withstand the pres-sure from the negative wheel position.Later I found out that as a result, theu-joints normally last only 6,000 miles.Instead of buying the spare parts atLotus, it was important to find the simi-lar Ford parts or to go to even moregeneric solutions from the originalequipment suppliers. Having heardfrom the “Lord of Darkness”, Istripped the car of its Lucas stuff andbrought in Bosch electrical compo-nents. Later the electrical systemnever let me down. The engine wasnot the original 1470 ccm Renault usedin the Europas. Somebody had ex-changed it to the more recent 1565ccm Renault 16 engine. I gave it thestandard overhaul by replacing thecylinder sleeves, piston rings, crank-shaft and piston rod bearings. Also anew set of gaskets and seals took careof the oil leakage. Inside the car, I tookout the center parts of the upholsteryfrom the driver seat and replaced it

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Show of Dreams account

The are many cars that Iwould like to own: from a1932 Cadillac to a 2010Corvette… from a 1938Triumph Gloria to a 2005Lotus Elise.

Jaguars, Fords, Chryslers,MGs, TVRs, BMWs, Datsuns,Lamborghinis, even a LandRover or two. My wish listgrows longer every year.

Mind you, there are somecars that I thought I wouldnever like to own. Cars likethe ones Rolls-Royce made.Wasn’t these cars for theupper-lip, snooty, better-than-you crowd? Definitelynot for me.

That is before I met theRolls-Royce club ofCalifornia. I was surprisedto find nice, friendly,down-to-earth owners thatenjoyed their cars, andgoing places in them. These

cars not only look good, feelgood, even smell good, theyare great drivers.

Oh well, my wish list just gota little longer.

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Minutes

Norma

The March BCNH meeting was heldat the Weathervane and was called toorder at 7:00. There were twenty-eight members in attendance. No oneknew how many members we had“officially”. I have since checked: atthe end of February we had 156members who have renewed. Wegained new members at the: AlReynolds who has a 2003 Jaguar S-type and Earl Hite (?) from Hollis whohas an MGB. Other new memberswere Frank Holden and his sonDuncan. Frank is from Lyndeboroughand has a Healey and a couple ofJaguars.

The newsletter was accepted asprinted, the treasurer’s report was alsoaccepted as printed. John Giese couldreally use some new articles for thenewsletter.

Bob Mitchell is busy working withKate Stanley Robinson to get theBCNH website updated withupcoming activities and a vendor andservice listing.

We have a busy season coming upwith events scheduled from Maythrough October. Please check thecalendar elsewhere in the newsletterfor the details. There are also eventslisted that you might be interested inwhich are not BCNH events.

The tech session is coming up onSaturday May 7th. We are looking forsuggestions but it will likely be asession on detailing.

The dinner drives will also start in Maywith the first one hosted by Joan andTim Young. Look for the list in thecalendar section. The details for eachof these will be printed in thenewsletter as we get closer to theevents. The July dinner drive is not yetscheduled but we are looking at

attending a polo match and doing atailgate picnic.

The Show of Dreams planning ismoving along. The next meeting willbe held in Barnstead at FredGoodrich’s. We are still looking forhelp. We would like to offer an AutoOlympics on Sunday with activitiessuch as a backseat driverscompetition, creeper luge, shot-put,javelin throw, hubcap Frisbee. We arelooking for a ringmaster (oops, I thinkthat’s the wrong word). You wouldnot need to do the work yourself, wejust need someone who is willing tocommit (oops another bad word) toorganizing the event. If you haven’tbeen reading the newsletters you maynot realize that on Show of DreamsSunday we will be doing a “Cruisingfor Dreams” day. We are invitinganyone and everyone to join us on thefield with their cars.

At the next meeting we will have save-the-date cards and flyers that you cantake with you. Please take a handfuland every time you see a classic car,

place a flyer on it or give them a save-the-date card.

We did have a 50-50 drawing. OwenChristainsen won $38

Disclaimer:As a matter of policy, BritishCars of New Hampshire doesnot endorse any of thebusinesses that advertise inthis newsletter.

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with a half-inch foam layer covered withsome corduroy fabric, leaving theleatherette side supports as they were.Now I was able to sit in the car withouthitting the roof with my head. I am 6 feet3 inch tall and the Lotus, as I owned it,was only 41 inches high. Please compareyour Triumphs to these measurements andyou realize how tall a TR6 or even a Spit-fire is. The backrests of the Euorpa seatswere not adjustable. The driving positionwas somewhat reclined, squeezed be-tween the very high center console andthe thick molding of the door panel. Thecar was only for slim people.

I wanted to get the car ready for a vaca-tion in south France and Spain. There-fore I focused on the essentials of gettingit to run reliably plus installing the mostneeded extra for south Europe – an alarmsystem, which also would disable the car’selectrical system completely. There werestill many improvements needed for thegood looks, but the car was ready for a2000 mile drive – at least that’s what Ithought...

Starting at midnight from Cologne, every-thing went fine for the first 350 miles.Averaging about 100 mph I reached theSwiss border, where a customs officerargued about the legal aspects of my front

license plate,which was gluedto the car body. Ittook a higher-ranking officer tounderstand thatthe German au-thorities don’thave to complywith Swiss regu-lations. When thenext day dawned,I was cruisingalong the SwissAutobahn at thespeed limit of 80mph and slowlybecame tired. Totake a little nap, Iexited some-where south ofLausanne anddrove up the hill to the edge of the forestto find a quiet place to rest for an hour orso. Driving a few curves refreshed me,so that I decided to cross over to Francevia a small pass road. There was almostno traffic on these countryside roads andthe scenery was beautiful. A deviationguided the route along a lake, but I missedone of the signs and ended up in the cen-ter of a small sleepy town. There werefive streets meeting at the intersection andseveral signs pointed to the next villagesor towns. While I studied the signs andcompared with the map, two older gentle-men came out from a bar to my right.

Also a lady opened the shutters from in-side of her house - wondering who madeall that noise. I had to make a hard leftinto the next street. The road was dusty,so it was easy to use a little too much gasand spin the car around with a loud barkfrom the short exhaust pipe. Driving likethis is a lot of fun and I became bolderregardless of the risk of getting caughtby the “Gendamerie” (French police, whoare famous for their large hats and littlebrains). Therefore I reached a solid av-erage speed of 100 mph on the RueNationale between Bourg en Bresse andLyon. A couple of days later, the Europahad successfully swallowed the additionalluggage from my French girlfriend (at

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that time). The car had two trunks, a smallone in front and a large one in the rearabove the transmission. When using thefront trunk the airflow to the heating/ven-tilation system was interrupted. The reartrunk became very warm from the en-gine on longer drives. Fully loaded withtwo adults and lots of luggage, we droveto Spain. Close to Barcelona the express-way was somewhat undulating. The carhit the bottom of the springs several timesand the exhaust pipe broke just in front ofthe only silencer. We continued our drivewith a very bold racing noise. Two dayslater, a small garage a few miles land-infrom the vacation place at the CostaDorada, fixed the exhaust pipe. For twoweeks everything was fine. The car per-formed well in the hot weather of Spain.When I drove to the Club Med Villageclose to Cadaques, the road became anunpaved dirt track - something for anSUV, but much too rough for a Lotus.Moving along very slowly, the enginestarted to overheat and even using theheating system for additional coolingwasn’t sufficient. The few miles took meseveral hours, because in 90 plus degreeheat, it takes a long time for a mid-enginecar to cool off. Leaving the village a weeklater, the same road caused a brake lineto break and an hour later, I found myselfdriving down a serpentine road withoutany brakes. Thanks to Collin Chapman,the Europa has only a one-circuit brake

system. To compensate for this lack ofsafety, he gave the car a fantastic han-dling. Due to pure luck, there was no-body in front of me on the road and Idrove down the hill with the speed usu-ally only seen in the movies after some-body disables the brakes on the car of anintended “accident-victim”. Buying plentyof brake fluid and driving carefully,brought me to my next destination, whereI found a service garage willing to workon an English car. It turned out that theshock absorber / coil spring unit of theright front suspension had broken, too. Butsince it stuck between the double A-arms,it was possible to drive. With the help of

the ADAC (Germany’s version of AAA)and the Royal Automobile Club of En-gland, I received the spare shock andspring within 24 hours direct from Lotus,with no costs for shipment, handling orcustoms. The car got repaired, includingthe brakes, and the remaining two weeksin Spain went well. But somewhere inSouth France, on my way to my next des-tination, the left rear wheel bearing gaveup. Due to the damage to the wheel hub,the repair would have taken more than amonth. Again, the ADAC came to therescue. They picked up the car at the next(Renault) dealership and paid for my trainticket and taxi to get home.

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The Lotus was delivered there aweek later and I unregistered it forthe winter, because the repairswould take some time. I never usedpublic transport as much as I didwhen I owned a Lotus. I repairedthe Lotus over the following 6months. Then I drove it, repaired itagain, drove it and repaired it again.The statistical average came to: Oneday driving – one day repairing.

I painted the car white and changedthe engine to the larger Renault17TS with 98 horsepower and thetransmission to a 5-speed. The link-age between the shifter and thetransmission had to go around theengine and clutch to the very endof the car. It had 5 joints and thereverse, first, third and fifth gear werenext to each other in front. This made itquite difficult to find the right gear. At atraffic light I normally couldn’t tell if I hadselected the first or the third gear, whichdidn’t matter too much, because the Lo-tus could easily drive off in third. Only if Iwanted to race the car next to me, Ineeded to test with the clutch which gearI had engaged. The car became very fast.Speeds up to 130 mph were no problem.Once I drove two hundred miles, 50%Autobahn and 50% winding countrysideroads in exactly two hours. In the earlyeighties, that was real fast. I changed thenegative position of the rear wheels andmounted adjustable Koni shocks. The cardrove very nicely (when it drove at all).Due to the weight of only 1210 lbs it ac-celerated pretty well. Usually I shiftedthrough the gears into fifth and cruisedwith a speed of about 100 mph. In dryweather the car gripped the road andcould corner a lot faster than most othercars around.

Frequently, my passengers would sud-denly become very silent when I ap-proached a curve with no signs of slow-ing down at all, since they were certainthey were facing sure death. The laws ofphysics did not seem to apply to this littleplastic car. Even seasoned drivers hadproblems dealing with the capabilities ofa suspension solidly rooted in mid sixties

Formula One Racing.

Although I was able to improve the Lo-tus in many ways, but there were manymore areas in need than financial re-sources available. There was alwayssomething wrong.

This was not a good situation, because Iwas supposed to study for my MBA.Admitting that I had trouble concentrat-ing on economics and business organiza-tion, I decided to sell the Europa for thesake of my professional future. It tookseveral months, but then in early Septem-

ber 1983, I got a call from a car me-chanic living about 60 miles away.He and his girlfriend arrived on aHonda CB900 Bol D’Or. They werefreezing from the ride. Therefore, Ifirst made some tea and then wewent to the garage to see the Lotus.When I opened the door the girl said:“Oh – is this beautiful.” The pricefor the car just became rock solid at2.5 times what I had paid nearly threeyears ago. Strangely the guy did notinsist on test driving the car. I showedhim that everything was okay and hebought it. When he came to pick itup, he even asked me to drive thecar to the next gas station, so that hecould fill it up. When he finally tookthe wheel, he stalled the car threetimes before getting off. Two months

later he called and complained about abroken u-joint at the left drive shaft. Heasked me to take the car back, for evenless money. But I had bought a GermanReplica of a Lotus Super Seven Mark IVon the base of Volkswagen parts – muchmore reliable. Therefore, I declined hisoffer, and that was the last thing I heardfrom my first British Car.

In spite of all the trouble, the car’s char-acter with the wooden dashboard and theunique design had infected me with thisspecial virus of loving British cars. Still,my German brain brought me to the con-clusion that I should not rely on an old carmade in England as my daily driver.Therefore, I had the German built SuperSeven replica mentioned above, called aBieber Speedster. Later, I opted for an-other German-built replica. This time itlooked like the Jaguar SS100, which wassold by Classic Car Janssen as GepardSS. The last fun car I had in Germany,was a JPR Wildcat Roadster, which wasa Jaguar E-type replica built in a garage(and that’s a stretch) on the Goodwoodracing circuit. All of these cars were muchmore reliable than the Lotus. But still, thevirus is in my blood and that is why wenow have our second Triumph and like tomeet all the other infected people forgroup therapy.

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BCNH 2011 Calendar of Events

April4th Monthly Meeting,Weathervane, Bedford, NH30th Lift Day, Brit Bits, 10am-2pm, 14 Sagamore Rd, Rye, NH,norm@britbits.com

May1st Cruising to Amherst / Swap &Sell Meet, 157 Hollis Rd,Amherst, opens at dawn.2nd Monthly Meeting,Weathervane, Bedford, NH7th Tech Session with MG-TParty,Norma & Rod’s, 22 PartridgeLane, Londonderry, NH, 10am-3pm, RSVP to Norma atkarle01@comcast.net or 603-437-8931. Burgers and dogs willbe supplied, please bring a dish toshare.14th Spring Gala Parade, MontVernon, NH15th Sunday Dinner Drive, hostedby Tim & Joan Young details tofollow20th-22nd Vintage Racing Group,21st Annual Vintage Festival,NHMS, Loudon, NH28th – Jun 5th British Car Week29th Cruising to Amherst / Swap& Sell Meet, 157 Hollis Rd,Amherst, opens at dawn.29th Londonderry Rotary CarShow, Rt102 Clocktower Plazaacross from Mc Donalds,Londonderry29th Alewife Festival,Damariscotta Mills, Maine

June5th CT MG British By the Sea,Harkness Memorial Park ,Waterford, CT6th Monthly Meeting,Weathervane, Bedford, NH10th & 11th Manchester VT, CarShow12th MMSCC Vintage BritishCar Show & Uphill Slalom,Camden, ME www.mmscc.com16th – 19th Tanglewood BritishMotorcar Festival, Tanglewood,Lenox, MAtanglewoodmotorcarfestival.com22nd – 26th Climb to the Clouds,Mt Washington Auto Road,www.climbtotheclouds.com24th Moonlight Madness,Wolfeboro, NH 6PM26th Cruising to Amherst / Swap& Sell Meet, 157 Hollis Rd,Amherst, opens at dawn.26th Queen’s Birthday Party, Paul& Doris’ Mason Rd, Milford,NH RSVP 603-673-8488

July11th Monthly Meeting,Weathervane, Bedford, NHTBD - July Dinner Drive31st Cruising to Amherst / Swap& Sell Meet, 157 Hollis Rd,Amherst, opens at dawn.

August1st Monthly Meeting,Weathervane, Bedford, NH6th- 7th 15th Annual Show ofDreams, The NICK, Wolfeboro,NH, Sunday is Cruising forDreams12th – 14th Jaguar Festival ofNew England, JANE,Sturbridge, MA, contact BrendaSoussan 617-953-1457

20th Derry Village Rotary CarShow, Pinkerton Academy,Derry NH27th- 28th IX British MarqueTriathlon, Point Lookout Resort,Northport, MEwww.britishmarque.com28th Cruising to Amherst / Swap& Sell Meet, 157 Hollis Rd,Amherst, opens at dawn.

September2nd & 3rd Cruising DowntownClassic Car Show, Manchester,NH12th Monthly Meeting,Weathervane, Bedford, NH17-18th British Invasion, StoweVT, www.britishinvasion.com25th Cruising to Amherst / Swap& Sell Meet, 157 Hollis Rd,Amherst, opens at dawn.

October3rd Monthly Meeting,Weathervane, Bedford, NH30th Cruising to Amherst / Swap& Sell Meet, 157 Hollis Rd,Amherst, opens at dawn.

November7th Monthly Meeting,Weathervane, Bedford, NH

December5th Monthly Meeting,Weathervane, Bedford, NH

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BCNH Dinner Drives

Save These DatesThere Have Been Some Changes

On the 3rd Sunday of each month we will have a Sunday Dinner Cruise whichwill end at a restaurant that (hopefully) has some British connection.

We will arrange at least one – and perhaps more – “windy road” route forMembers to follow to get to the restaurant. Details will be posted in this spacein the month of each Dinner Drive.

General plan is to “drive’ for 2 or 3 hours and then get to the restaurant for anearly dinner (5:00ish) so we can get home before it’s too late.

May 15 – Patrick’s Pub in Gilford – Thanks to Tim & Joan YoungJune 26 – Queen’s B’Day Party at Paul & Doris Karle’s in MilfordJuly 16 – Tailgate Party at the Polo Grounds in Hampton FallsAug 21 – Cheer on our Teams at the British Marque Triathlon – Camden, MaineSept 18 – British Invasion in Stowe, VTOct 16 – TBA

No “meeting” – nothing “official” - just good times with our cars and our friends.

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SHOW OF DREAMS MEETING NOTESROUNDABOUT DINER

2-26-11The meeting began with the usual cocktails in the lounge. Twenty-two committee members attended themeeting.

The meeting opened with Bob Mitchell making a pledge to cover the cost of the 2 months of advertising in theNew Hampshire ToDo Magazine. “Thank you, Bob”.

Doris Karle presented two different versions of the SOD poster. The first was the full front of Bob Mitchell’sMark 9 Jaguar. The second was a side-angle view. The group voted and approved the side-angle view.

Bob Mitchell announced that Mike Sullivan(Chess Tournament) & Bob Hartson (Antique Bicycles) are ready toattend the show. YMCA Camp Lincoln has also assured Bob that they will be there and prepared to cover theChildren’s Activities.

Doris is acquiring a quote from Pure Spun to print the show tee-shirts.

We will purchase the clock trophies again this year for Best in Show, Best of Featured Marque, Master Classand Diamond in the Rough.

The judging of the Master Class and of the Featured Marque will be somewhat more formal this year. Notquite Concours level, but the Master Class will be judged by a 3 member Team of Donald Coleman(Competition Motors), Joe Leweck (Bayberry Vintage Auto and our own, Peter Bland. The Featured Marque

(Jaguar) will be judged by a team made up of two members of the Jaguar Association of New England (JANE)Judging Team and two members of BCNH.

The committee is in discussion with the major show sponsors about the special “Sponsor Awards”. This wouldallow the sponsors to choose the one car on the field they believe to be the best. The sponsor would present anaward of their choosing to the owner. The sponsor awards will be presented on Saturday @1pm. The British Carawards will be presented on Saturday @ 2pm.

The group decided that the “Tech Sessions” would be presented on Saturday only and that a specific schedule oftopics will be posted.

The idea of a Funkana for Sunday was discussed. If anyone is interested in planning this event, please contactMike Sweet or Bob Mitchell.

The Cocktail Cruise cost will be $25.00p/p. The Breakfast on the Field cost will be $14.00p/p

The committee will contact the Croquet Club again this year to play and teach the game of croquet during theshow.

For the past 3 years, BCNH has been invited to participate in Wolfeboro’s Moonlight Madness event. This yearMoonlight Madness is scheduled for Friday, June 24, 2011. More details will be given as soon as they arereceived.

The March SOD meeting will be on Saturday March 26, 2011 at the home of Fred Goodrich and Sylvia Blakslee.255 Tasker Road, Barnstead, NH 03218

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REDNECK BANK LOANA Redneck from North Carolina walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan officer. He told theLoan Officer that he was going to Bakersfield on

business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000 and that he was not a depositor of the bank. The bankofficer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so the Redneck handed over thekeys to a new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. The Redneck produced the titleand everything checked out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized forhaving to charge 12% interest.

Later, the bank’s president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the Redneck from the south for using a$250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank’sprivate underground garage and parked it.

Two weeks later, the Redneck returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07. The loan officer said, “Sir,we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a littlepuzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles usis why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”

The good ole’ Tar Heel boy replied, “Where else in New York City can I park my car for 2 weeks for only$23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?”

His name was BUBBA

Reprinted from the Piedmont British Motor Club Lugnut Newsletter

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Marquette DTNA VISIONOwned by a local garage since NEW. Ithink one cable got lost asI never got it from owner.I never used it because Ihave 2 others in mygarage. A real classic toolpriced to move $150.00or best offer Ivan.chuck23@metrocast.net

Free to good home1. Owners Workshop Manual (softback)for MGB Roadster & GT Coupe 1962to 1974 by Haynes2. SU- Hitachi Carburetors Manual(softback) by Carbooks, Inc. - Tune,Adjust, Repair, Rebuildemail me at: Robert.Weller@Bdal.com

1959 Abarth Double Bubble Coupe- Good Condition, $60,000 (603) 654-6057

7” Lucas Pre-Focus Headlamps,good shape withbulbs and holders$40.00 for thepair. Mike(603) 715-5346 orsweetm@graphicpkg.com

1977 MG Midget- Enjoy this great 1977British racing green MG Midgetconvertible. Get ready for summer, catchall the shows in the Central Florida areafor mooooore fun! Wonderful People!This fun car can be yours for only $3250!Call Dale at 386-212-6852 or 386-586-0560 or harriettct@yahoo.com

Magazine back issues free toanyone who wants them.

Car & Driver1961 Jun: Lotus 19, SunbeamAlpine 2, Aston Martin DB4GT1963 Mar: AC Cobra, AH 30001967 Dec

Road & Track1964 Jul:Lotus Cortina1973 Sep & Oct1975 Jan Feb Apr: TR7, May:TR7 & Jag XJS, Jun, Jul, Aug,Sep, Oct: Jag XJS, Nov, Dec1976 Jan: Lotus, Jun: AH, MGB,Midget, TR7, Spitfire1977 Jan, Apr,Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep1979 Mar, 1980 Jan, 1981 Jun1982 Jul, Aug, Sep, Nov, DecThese are give-a-ways so it'spick-up here (or pay thepostage), I'm in Hebron, NH,Karl Braconier, (603) 744-8444

1979 Triumph Spitfire Red with whitestripe. Low mileage. New paint job. Hardtop, new soft top, tonneau cover, magwheels. $6500 B.O. Call John 225-6915

Is it Time to ReplaceYour Antifreeze?

(Another use for your voltmeter)

As summer approaches, this mayseem to be a foolish question. Yourengine cooling system has manydissimilar metals: aluminum,copper, steel, cast iron, andpossible magnesium. In addition toproviding coolant, the antifreezehelps prevent corrosion.Electrolysis occurs when thesecombinations of metal begin toswap electrons during the normalcourse of operation and this causescorrosion. Antifreeze has additivesto prevent electrolysis, but overtime, these additives are used upand no longer do the job.

To test the coolant, begin with theengine cold. Remove the radiatorcap. Start the Engine. Get out yourdigital voltmeter. When the enginereaches operating temperature,insert the positive (red) probedirectly into the coolant withouttouching metal. Set the volts scaleto DC 20 volts (or less if you havea meter that goes lower.) Run theengine up to about 2000 RPMsand touch the negative (black)probe to the negative terminal ofthe battery.

If the reading is .4v or less, thecoolant is good. If it is greater than.4v, the electrolysis additives aredepleted and you should replacethe fluid to avoid damage to theradiator, water pump, or heatercore.

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Wanted

1953 TD Engine I would appreciateanyone’s help in finding a 1250cc Engineto rebuild. Ivan Dorechuck23@metrocast.net

1973 MGB 4-speed with new head.Good top, fair interior and seats. Needsnew floors. Rockers are solid. $3500 orBO. Call Ivan at (603) 652-4717.chuck23@metrocast.net

British Motor Corporation AM RadioNo knobs, no idea if it works. Best offer.call or e-mail Mike, (603) 715-5346sweetm@graphicpkg.com

1975 TR6 - 54,087 original miles. Redwith black interior. This is a two ownervehicle and the first owner is family.Always garaged. Never had any bodywork except paint about twenty yearsago. Bondo-free. Michelin red-lines.Seats and carpet were to be next project.Small patch on conv top, but otherwise ingood shape with very clear windows.New stainless exhaust. $10,250. Pleaseemail with further inquiries and photos.dhreedjr@yahoo.com

TR6 Metal rims for sale: I'm convertingover to wire wheels so I'm selling 4 newlypainted rims, spare tire rim, four chromewheel trim rings, and black hub caps.The 4 wheel rims were bead blasted andpower coated only about 5 months agoand look great! Spare rim in good shapebut has not been repainted. Chrome wheelrim rings are in great shape with no rustor nicks... Black hub caps are also in verygood shape.I'm looking for: $275 for the 4 newly painted rims $25 for the spare tire rim $50 for the 4 chrome wheel trim rings $35 for the 4 hub capsLocal pickup only. Willing to meet you foran exchange if the distance isn't too far.Please call (603) 512-2675, ask forDennisNote: pictures show the rims mountedon red line tires... this sale is for therims, trims and caps only...not the redline tires.

Wanted Jaguar XKE, - manual, straight6, convertible, in driver condition. If youknow of one or can give me advice onfinding one please contact Nancy at:nar05@hotmail.com

1948 MGYA 4 door with large sunroof.Will sell to club member for $16,500 now.Not many of these. Active club in UKhas most parts. Uses some MGTD pieces.No time for this car. No space to store it.Car in Bedford, NH.wmann@mannad.com

MGA 1500 short block - fresh groundbalanced crank and rods crank .020 and.030 Bore .020 Block only No head. Allwork performed by Auto machinist$2,400.00 call 603-652-4717 Ivan.

1980 TR-7 convertible, white (originalpaint), no visible rust or major dents, carwas never in any accident. Engine runswell and shifts well. Tires in goodcondition. Top is black and in faircondition. Car is garaged. It was registerin NH for many years and in MA the past12 years. I was a previous member ofBCNH and as such you may have seenthis car at shows. Asking $3300. Dr.Bruce Witte (508) 875-5552

2 rebuilt Zenith carburetors Ser#175SCD-2, plus 2 new air filters $400,BO. Also 1 new manual choke $100, andother misc. parts for British sports cars.Call John 225-6915

Jensen Healey Factory Workshopand Owner’s Manual Both in verygood condition, $100.00 for both

TR6 and Spitfire Restoration Guides.Like new, $20.00 each

Big Healeys Collector’s Guide.Excellent condition, $30.00

MGB GT V8 Owner’s Manual.Damaged cover, $10.00

Contact Mike at:coventrycat71@comcast.net or603.715.5346

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